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Van Rensselaer
[ van ren-suh-leer, ren-suh-ler; Dutch vahn ren-suh-lahr ]
noun
- Ki·li·aen [kee, -lee-ahn], 1595–1644, Dutch merchant: founder of Dutch West India Company 1621; large landowner in America, colonizing along the Hudson River (ancestor of Stephen Van Rensselaer).
- Stephen the Patroon, 1765–1839, U.S. political leader and major general.
Example Sentences
Mr. Kennedy said that Schuyler — who married Catherine Van Rensselaer, from another prominent Dutch family — was host to some of America’s most famous figures at its most formative moments.
H is father, Floyd Crosby, an Academy Award-winning cinematographer whose credits included the classic western “High Noon,” was a member of the Van Rensselaer clan.
When Stephen Van Rensselaer settled this area, he was the largest landowner around.
Last March, McLaughlin said he defied a Cuomo directive to accept elderly coronavirus patients discharged from hospitals into Van Rensselaer Manor, the county-run nursing home.
“If the union wins,” wrote Mary Van Rensselaer “Molly” Thayer, not exactly fighting for the worker, “cones might cost a quarter and budget-conscious hostesses, dependent on ice-cream desserts, might have to switch to puddings or cut up fruit.”
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